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In alpine glaciers, ground moraines are often found between the two lateral moraines.
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They form perpendicular to the lateral moraines that they reside between and are composed of unconsolidated debris deposited by the glacier.
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Lateral moraines stand high because they protect the ice under them from the elements, causing it to melt or sublime less than the uncovered parts of the glacier.
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The lateral moraines comprise that eroded material which is carried along at the sides of a glacier.
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Lateral moraines are accumulations of debris along the sides of a glacier formed by material falling from the valley wall.
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When lateral moraines adjacent to each other join, they create medial moraines, which are also carried down on the surface of the moving ice.
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The worrying thing about this is that lateral moraines never get higher than glacier surfaces that create them.
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A glacier carved out a deep valley leaving a lateral moraine where it stopped.
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The lateral moraine ridges on either side of the glacier are on average 150 feet high.
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Large lateral moraines can be seen below the glacier.
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